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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 1h

I will be including all of these in the lecture with the caveat that I cannot answer any questions about them 😅

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 11h

I had one the other day, it was amazing and 340 calories, I regret nothing and refuse to elaborate

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 11h

@wesleymorgan.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @ericmmurphy.bsky.social @iantb.bsky.social @chrisgingram.bsky.social @sebastianbae.bsky.social

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 11h

I feel sure you made up spintronics

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 13h

That’s a good one. I think structural batteries will be a game changer.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 15h

For sure. The first part of the lecture is going to talk about pitfalls of predicting future war, including “falling between two stools” and discounting continuities in warfare.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 18h

@bafriedman.bsky.social @brasidas.bsky.social @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social @pptsapper.bsky.social @hupplescat.bsky.social

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 18h

I’m developing a lecture on future war for CSC and don’t want to spend too much time on tech that is already here, albeit not in its most mature forms.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 18h

What are some emerging and disruptive technologies the military should be looking at besides the usual AI, autonomy, additive manufacturing? @marforbluesky.bsky.social

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone on the internet went from being an expert in the federal budgetary process to being an expert on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship in the last 24 hours…

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 12d

Ummm… what?

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roninresearch.bsky.social @roninresearch.bsky.social · 12d

No machine can ever do what a human can... that is, be human. LLMs are designed to find statistically significant relationships between words to sound convincing...The are not designed to be accurate. Even hooking them to a data base doesn't change this. "AI"is just high speed iteration; not thought

Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 12d

'Caring professions, the value of which arguably comes from the belief that the carer has empathy, might provide endless work. But even this is uncertain. The boom in AI counselling already suggests it’s the outcome rather than the process that matters,' writes David Wroe.

Politics must reckon with the looming end of work under AI | The Strategist

Artificial intelligence and its ability to perform intellectual tasks previously the preserve of humans are improving at a stunning rate, and yet we are complacent or politically paralysed in the face...

www.aspistrategist.org.au

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 12d

Latest and greatest from CAPT Tim Obvious, USN (ret), CPA

Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 12d

Analysts who excel at self-promotion on LinkedIn are worse at their jobs, but experience the highest rates of promotion. klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/self-promo...

Self-promotion works, especially if you are bad at your job

I have come across a recent paper that measures equity analysts self-representation on LinkedIn and the tone they use to describe their research and their views on LinkedIn and in the media.

klementoninvesting.substack.com

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 14d

This guy literally said, “It’s great when Congress cannot pass a budget because it allows the military to flout civilian oversight” as if that’s an unqualified positive.

Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com · 15d

From gridlock to greener pastures: How a full-year CR could empower warfighters
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/from-gridlock-to-greener-pastures-how-a-full-year-cr-could-empower-warfighters/

From gridlock to greener pastures: How a full-year CR could empower warfighters

A full-year continuing resolution is not necessarily a bad thing for the Pentagon, John Ferrari writes. But the DoD has to be prepared to take advantage of it.

breakingdefense.com

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 19d

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 20d

don't make me tap the sign

the Lisa simpson on a stage meme with the text "combat experience can teach you about yourself. It does not teach you about foreign policy, strategy, war, politics, or governance"

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 20d

Seen in the wild on a T-shirt:
“What’s more punk than a public library?” 🤘🔥

Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 20d

@terminallance.com I found him!

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 21d

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 21d

At USMC CSC it is co-taught by mil and civ faculty, with each pair having discretion how to divvy up the instruction.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 21d

On the one hand, this was part of military ethics classes I had in college. On the other hand, my CSC students’ reaction to our civ-mil class was “Why aren’t we taught this earlier?”

Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 21d

In Northern Virginia,
45 mph limit = drive 35 mph
25 mph limit = drive 35 mph

Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 22d

Footnotes are superior to endnotes. Fight me.

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Rob Malcolm @theproudjoiner.bsky.social · 25d

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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 28d

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

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